saorview query - rental house

julie2tubz

HI I know this has been asked a 1000 times - but I am very confused and (fingers crossed) hoping for an easy cheapish fix

There is an aerial on the roof of my new rental house I've recently moved into - I have attached a photo. My first query is will this even work to get saorview

secondly - I have a samsung smart tv that is meant to be capable of getting saorview directly without a set top box.
I have attached a pic of the Coaxial cable that is running into the sitting room and the state that it is in.

Can i go to woodies and buy this attachment for the cable on the right and plug straight into tv?

FINGERSSSSSS CROSSED??!!

Thank you kindly for reading and responding.

Where are you based?

julie2tubz

In Greystones Co Wicklow...

julie2tubz

julie2tubz wrote: »

In Greystones Co Wicklow...

I'd suspect that the aerial at the top of the mast is probably pointing towards Wales (because it's vertically polarised and quite large). The one lower down is an old MMDS aerial and is now useless.

Doesn't look like anything suited for Saorview there unfortunately.

julie2tubz

Thanks a mill for your speedy response. Yes it is pointing towards wales.
Damn that is a shameeeee.
I was reeealllly hoping for a quick fix...

So ill need to get a saorview installer to put up another saorview aerial to add to the collection ?

Former Former

If you're in Greystones, you'll probably get crystal clear Saorview without any roof-top aerial.

You could try one of these;
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1074815/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIAL.htm

There's a reasonable chance that those wires you've pictured were previously hooked up to a satellite dish.

julie2tubz

Ohhh do you think so? I used one of those things from argos before in the last place i lived in ballybrack area and it was not very good.

I do think the previous tenants said had Sky tv actually... but come to think of it i dont remember seeing a sky dish. Now I am even more confused. Could I fix these wires with the woodies pic i put up and put into tv to see if I get any signal.

Sorry if these are silly questions.

Former Former

julie2tubz wrote: »

Ohhh do you think so? I used one of those things from argos before in the last place i lived in ballybrack area and it was not very good.

I do think the previous tenants said had Sky tv actually... but come to think of it i dont remember seeing a sky dish. Now I am even more confused. Could I fix these wires with the woodies pic i put up and put into tv to see if I get any signal.

Sorry if these are silly questions.

Yeah, that's possibly the easiest/cheapest/quickest solution. Even if you get no signal, all you've lost is a fiver.

Previous tenants could have taken down their dish (esp if their lease prohibited one and they wanted their deposit back).

Those small aerials are often perfect, but a thick wall could block the signal.

julie2tubz

Great thanks for your help. I will give that a go first anyway

Judging by the photo of the cables, it's possible that the cable with the F connector is the feed from the MMDS aerial while the bare end is from the big UHF aerial.

winston_1

That Argos aerial is very poor and sold on lies. There is no way it has a 20dB gain, zero is more likely.

A cheap aerial from a Euro/Pound shop is actually better.

noodler

Coat hanger id try first.

Thurston?

julie2tubz wrote: »

... Could I fix these wires with the woodies pic i put up and put into tv to see if I get any signal.

Probably not, unless just signal picked up on the cable, the aerial at the top I would think has an amplifier underneath, & that will need its power supply.

BTW, the middle bit seems to be the remains of this type of VHF band III aerial that would have been for RTE analogue.

julie2tubz

thank for all the help!

It does look like I am going to need a Saorview Aerial anyway i think...

julie2tubz

winston_1 wrote: »

That Argos aerial is very poor and sold on lies. There is no way it has a 20dB gain, zero is more likely.

A cheap aerial from a Euro/Pound shop is actually better.

Would you have an example or place I could go and get one of these or even a picture of what type of one i would look for?

The Cush

julie2tubz wrote: »

Would you have an example or place I could go and get one of these or even a picture of what type of one i would look for?

Something like this I guess he was referring to



http://cpc.farnell.com/w/c/audio-visual/aerials-satellite/aerials-antennas/indoor-tv-aerials/prl/results?st=aerial

Former Former

The Cush wrote: »

Something like this I guess he was referring to



http://cpc.farnell.com/w/c/audio-visual/aerials-satellite/aerials-antennas/indoor-tv-aerials/prl/results?st=aerial

I'm sorry now but the hack of it. Who on earth would want to be looking at that in their sitting room?

Julie - the one from Argos, be grand.

winston_1

You don't look at that, you look at the TV.
Julie - the one from Argos is carp and sold on lies. Why buy from a liar?

STB.

winston_1 wrote: »

You don't look at that, you look at the TV.
Julie - the one from Argos is carp and sold on lies. Why buy from a liar?

winston_1

So what have those off topic pictures to do with it?

coylemj

winston_1 wrote: »

So what have those off topic pictures to do with it?

People have long memories. For an awful long time we had to put up with this carp crap from you....

winston_1 wrote: »

I assume you mean aerial. Ariel is washing powder. But your post is irrelevant for someone only 500 metres from a transmitter.

winston_1 wrote: »

It's aerial. Ariel is washing powder.

winston_1 wrote: »

No, an aerial. Ariel is washing powder. A clean roof is not necessary.

winston_1 wrote: »

You have an aerial, ariel is washing powder.

winston_1 wrote: »

You mean aerial as ariel is washing powder.

winston_1 wrote: »

He did not know what he was talking about. Ariel is washing powder and will never work to receive TV.

winston_1

Well the OP did not make that silly mistake so those pictures are completely off topic. But those comments were not crap but informative.